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Folio 90: Stormont to Weymouth. 6 ships of the line and 4 frigates are to arm immediately...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/300/38

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This record is about the Folio 90: Stormont to Weymouth. 6 ships of the line and 4 frigates are to arm immediately... dating from 1776 Oct 16 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/300/38
Date
1776 Oct 16
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Folio 90: Stormont to Weymouth. 6 ships of the line and 4 frigates are to arm immediately at Brest and convoy the troops to St. Domingo under du Chaffault. The duc de Chârtres was not allowed to go with them. The 3rd division of the navy under Estaing consists of 12 ships of the line and 10 frigates, ready to be manned and ready in the Spring. Vergennes has denied to Souza that Aranda continues to press France to send ships to join the Spanish fleet. Stormont believes that the king and Maurepas want peace but that France will support Spain, if called upon in war against Portugal. This would change, if Britain suffered reverses in America. An English banker called Thelluson is said to be raising a secret loan for France. He refers to sir Robert Herries seeking to trade in tobacco in France.

Date and place: 1776 Oct 16 Fontainebleau.

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